Cop Story!

 

Glad to hear sense is prevailing, however what caught my eye was the story immediately below:

Saddam's Family Want Asylum In Leeds


Reminds me of a joke....

 

Well at least the Assistant Chief Constable has the right idea. Its no wonder the majority of people don't trust the old bill

I spoke to an Institute of Advanced Motorist Examiner the other day (ex police)

His views on speed were refreshing from a copper. He said something along the lines of " I regularly travel to Leeds when there is little traffic on the roads. Why shouldn't I be able to travel at the speed I want. I totally accept that outside schools etc I should be travelling slowly"

 

They can FVCK right off!

 

'Hypocritical' is dead right! This ACC isn't the first senior cop to speak his mind on this issue by a long way. Sadly, he's probably going to end up somewhere as a very overpaid clerk in charge of stationary and paperclips!

Pessimistic I know, But I think I know how the b@rsrtards play this game!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cedric Tomkinson
[B]'Hypocritical' is dead right! This ACC isn't the first senior cop to speak his mind on this issue by a long way. Sadly, he's probably going to end up somewhere as a very overpaid clerk in charge of stationary and paperclips!

 

Well his comments fly in the face of government policy, so I can't see this guy getting awarded The Queen's Police Medal. They'd far rather listen to the bean counters and spin doctors who couldn't find their own arses in the dark with both hands.

Happy, rational fair ending? I don't see one. There's too much traffic on the road any way you look at it and it's going to get worse. The speed cameras etc. are there to add just a little more hassle to our lives and convince us to stand at the No 47 bus stop.

Just a thought but by how much could we reduce road congestion in this country if all the families that own more than one car and didn't really need to, were given some incentive to reduce the number of wheels standing on their drives.?

It's very noticeable on my commute that when the kids are off school, the roads are virtually traffic free in the week, so without a doubt, that's where the bulk of the weekday traffic is coming from.

One of the Scandinavian countries has tackled the problem by bulding covered cyclist 'corridors' on either side of the road. They utilise huge fans at intervals to give wind assistance in either direction to bikers who are protected from the elements as well. How cool is that?

We get speed cameras!

 

I have to agree. It is lovely driving into work during the school holidays. (I feel a side debate coming on) Why do people need to drive their kids to school along the motorways anyway? When I was a kid I used to walk a few streets to school. ( Rhetorical question guys. Here speaks a man who's never had children of his own. )

Let's face it. If you were a member of the "Partnership" and you were making this much money out of this system would you stop doing it. Morally I'd like to think that I wouldn't do it but if I was turning over this sort of cash I'd have a hard time giving it up.

We need to invest more money into the "Star Trek" style Matter Transporter research. That'd solve the problem. I hear they can transport an atom accross a lab now.
Sorry.
I'll get my coat.

 

I'm with CT and Fletch on the school traffic issue.

Fletch

The argument will be put that safety is the issue. This is utter bollocks. If you check the incidence of child abductions and murders, it's pretty much consistent for the last hundred years. The press and parents don't want to see this, because paranoia sells papers and the real threat is too close to home to confront.

Talk to any social worker, as I regularly do, and they will tell you that kids are overwhelmingly at risk in the home. You are most likely going to be murdered or abused by the very people who are are supposed to protect you. Check out Childline, those hundreds of thousands of calls every year are not about a dodgy bloke in the park...........

Therre is a total hysteria around kids and abuse where it is duifficult to havde a rational debate. I wonder if I'm the only person who finds it weird that a society that claims to want to protect children has also sexualised them to an unprecedented extent.

The greatest fear I have is that we will produce a generation of kids who are suspicious and fearful.

 

On the schooling issue - a lot of kids get driven to schools (still within the catchment area), because the local school (which is within walking distance) is sometimes seen as inferior to one that is, say, 10 miles away. Gone are the days of having to go to the nearest...

Not just that, cars make people lazy. In the village where my parents live (and where I went to primary school), there isn't single house in the village that is more than a mile from the school, yet the roads round the school are absolutely chocker come 8.45am/3.30pm.